The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 40 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ Ex parte ELY VEA and FRANCOIS COLLIOT __________ Appeal No. 2001-1251 Application No. 08/369,865 __________ ON BRIEF1 __________ Before WINTERS, ADAMS, and GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judges. ADAMS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 2-8, which are all the claims pending in the application. Claim 2 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below: 2. A process for the treatment of grasslands against grasshoppers or locusts comprising treating the grasslands attacked, or susceptible to attack, by grasshoppers or locusts with an effective amount of an active material which is 1-[2,6-dichloro-4-CF3-phenyl]-3-cyano-4- CF3SO-5NH2-pyrazole]. The references relied upon by the examiner are: 1 In accordance with 37 CFR 1.194(c), the Board decided that an oral hearing was not necessary in this appeal.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007